Up With Hope (Down With Dope)

I have know this preacherman



For a long time, he was a good man



I have known this judge



For a long time, he was a good man



I have known this teacher



For a long time, he was a good man too



But because of the drugs



They've been taking secretly



Them are in loony houses today



We cannot stand aside and look



While the nation is going down the drain (x2)



Up with hope, down with dope (x3)



We cannot stand aside and look



While the nation is going down the drain.



We really, really cannot stand aside and look while

the nation is going down the drain



Oh Yo



I am telling you now



Cocaine, no good for you



Liquor, no good for you



You go sniffling them glue



No good for you



They give it to you and say it's the sense of knowledge



But I known I've been around



For a while



I cannot stand aside



And look while the nation (x2)



Is going down the drain



Oh yo yo yo



Chorus till fade:



Up with hope, down with dope